Turkey has called a halt to the Soma mine rescue operation after two more bodies were found, raising the death toll to 301.
The bodies of all miners trapped after the mine collapsed are now thought to be recovered.
Protesters have clashed with police near Soma. Correspondents say more than 30 people, including several lawyers, have been arrested.
Demonstrations were held elsewhere over Turkey’s worst-ever mine disaster.
Hundreds of people marched through the western city of Izmir and there were protests in Istanbul and the capital, Ankara.
‘Social support’
“The rescue operation was carried out to completion. There are no miners left underground,” Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Saturday.
“Until today we had focused on search and rescue efforts. Now we will be focusing on investigations, on what will happen about production.”
“We won’t be leaving (Soma) because the search efforts are ending,” Mr Yildiz, said, according to Associated Press. “`There will be psychological and social support.”
The local authorities have banned demonstrations in the Soma town centre. On Friday riot police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon when a protest briefly turned violent there. BBC
